lurifax

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German lūrfix. First part of compound related to lura (“deceive”), second part assumed to be related to German Fex.

Noun

lurifax c

  1. (colloquial, humorous) a trickster (one who fools or plays tricks or pranks on others)
    Du hade ruter sju trots allt, din lilla lurifax!
    You had the seven of diamonds after all, you little trickster!
    Farfar är en riktig lurifax
    Grandpa is a real sly old dog

Declension

Declension of lurifax
nominative genitive
singular indefinite lurifax lurifax
definite lurifaxen lurifaxens
plural indefinite lurifaxar lurifaxars
definite lurifaxarna lurifaxarnas

See also

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.